Freight Choke Points Program

We are thrilled to announce that Regional Cities NSW has been successful in securing funding for a business case to develop infrastructure solutions to road freight choke points across regional cities.  We would like to acknowledge and thank the New South Wales Government for the funding and support to enable this important project to proceed.

The New South Wales Freight Choke Points Program recognises that freight transportation networks are not defined by local government boundaries and require a coordinated response to identify constraints and provide viable solutions. RCNSW is seeking to develop a program which provides infrastructure solutions to road freight choke points across regional cities.

While significant planning and coordination of freight-based infrastructure is undertaken for the State road network by Transport for NSW, no such planning is undertaken of the local road network (the majority of the NSW road network), which RCNSW has identified as a huge gap and critical failing in our state’s road network.

As a first step, RCNSW is seeking to develop a Program Business Case, to demonstrate the significance of local road freight choke points and identify viable solutions to such constraints. The final business case is required to be completed by 30 September 2023 and I look forward to reporting back on the outcomes.